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Talking Prisoner Cell Block H EP 31 Interview with Sally Bourne (Kay Desmond)
Welcome to Episode 31 of Talking Prisoner Cell Block H. Hosts Ken Mulholland and Matt Batten sat down with Sally Bourne who played Myra Desmond’s daughter Kay Desmond. Sally is not only an actress of film and television but also an accomplished theatre actress and known for many productions such as Annie, Les Mis, My Fair Lady, Jesus Christ Superstar, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Beautiful Game and Jerry Springer the opera. We spoke to Sally about her life growing up in an entertainment family and what it was like for her school. Sally’s Dad is Ernie Bourne who also starred in Prisoner as Mervin Pringle, We spoke in great length about Sally’s father and learned so much more about the legendary Ernie Bourne and some very funny stories. Sally discussed with us her current project she is working on called Mrs Prime Minister which also stars Jane Clifton (Margo Gaffney). Sally shared with us her memories of working with Julie Andrews and Judi Dench and what it was like to work with them both. We spoke about Sally’s special friendship with Prisoner and Neighbours icon Lucinda Cowden. Sally also appeared in the first ever stage production of Annie as Annie in Australia working with Nancye Hayes and what it was like to appear on the Don Lane show singing “Tomorrow” in front of 3 million people at the age of 12. We spoke about Sally’s time on Neighbours, and her time working with American singer-songwriter Madonna on 1996 film “Evita”. We discussed in great length about Sally’s time on Prisoner and what it was like to play those drug addiction scenes and working with Anne Phelan, Sally shared lots of special memories of her time on Prisoner and how hard it was to film those scenes at Wally’s house in the bush. Sally also answered all fan questions for us.
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Welcome to Episode 48 Part 1 of Talking Prisoner. Hosts Ken Mulholland and Matt Batten sat down with Lisa Crittenden for her first ever exclusive interview about her career. Lisa appeared in 91 episodes of Prisoner. Lisa has an extensive list of credits to her name such as Australian classic TV shows and Movies, such as Power Without Glory, The Sullivans, Holiday Island, Bellamy, The Restless Years, A Country Practice, Carson's Law, Whose Baby, Rafferty's Rules, High Tide, Coverstory, Every Woman's Dream, Repeat Performance, Xena Warrior Princess and Short Cuts. Lisa also played the regular character of Leigh Palmer in Sons and Daughters from 1985-1986, Nurse Carrie Burton in Shortland Street in 1992 and had 3 different roles in Blue Heelers. Part 2 is all about Prisoner and Lisa’s time on Prisoner. Ken and Matt spoke to Lisa about her first day on the set and a funny story about a chair she sat on in the green room. Lisa shares her memories of what it was like shooting her first scenes with Joy Westmore who played Officer Barry and how much she learnt from working with Maggie Kirkpatrick who played Joan Ferguson. Lisa spoke about working with legendary casting director Jan Russ who played Lisa’s on screen mum in Prisoner and also what it was like working with Darius Perkins who played Trevor Collins in the halfway house storylines. Lisa had many scenes with Sheila Florance and shares her memories of working with Sheila and her on screen boyfriend Spud played by Robert Forza and Alan Lee who played Tony Berman. We discussed the storyline surrounding Marina Finlay and Michael Cormick who played Lainie Dobson and Alan Farmer and what Lisa thought of that storyline. Lisa shares her memories working with Val Lehman and what she learnt as an actress from Val. Lisa had some great scenes with Carole Skinner who played Nola McKenzie and spoke about working with Carole and Betty Bobbitt. We discussed Lisa’s final scenes working with Lesley Baker who played Belle Tinker Peters and played Monica Ferguson in the early days of Prisoner. Lisa talks about her meeting with Ian Smith about Lisa finishing her time on Prisoner and much more. Lisa also answered all fan questions. Please like and subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Welcome to Episode 39 of Talking Prisoner. Hosts Ken Mulholland and Matt Batten sat down with the amazingly talented Anna Hruby who played inmate Paddy Lawson. Anna has appeared in many Australian TV shows and Movies including Seven Little Australians, The Evil Touch, The Outsiders, The Sullivans, The Young Doctors, Chopper Squad, Case for the Defence, Skyways, Cathy's Child, The Journalist, The Restless Years, Cop Shop, Sporting Chance, Bellamy, Sons and Daughters, Rafferty's Rules, The Harp in the South, Fields of Fires, Poor Man's Orange, Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer, E-Street, The Flying Doctors, Big Ideas, A Country Practice, G.P., Janus, Police Rescue, Heartbreak High, Children's Hospital, Fireflies, All Saints and Blood Brothers. She is also very well known for her role as Headmistress, Judith Ackroyd in Home and Away from 1999-2000. We spoke to Anna about her life growing up and what it was like to come from such a big showbusiness family with her Mum being Joy Hruby who was a Actress, Producer, Film Maker, Author, Entertainer, Comedian and Agent with a career spanning more than 50 years. Anna was able to share her memories of working on Seven Little Australians and working with Len Teale and Ruth Cracknell. We then discussed her role on The Sullivans and playing Sandy Pearce on the Young Doctors, a role that led to Anna being expelled from school. We discussed her role as Tracy Kingsford on Sons and Daughters and one her well known roles as Judith Ackroyd on Home and Away and her memories of working on that show. Anna is also a very well known voice over artist and is also known as the Telstra lady, Anna also performed a Telstra voiceover message for us live on this interview. Anna shared her memories of working on Prisoner playing Paddy Lawson and how she got the role and some very funny stories about her first day on set and an even funnier one about Sheila Florance. We talked about the great fire escape episodes and the traumatic death scene with Nola killing Paddy. Anna told us why she left Prisoner even after she was asked to stay longer and renew her contact. We covered lots about Prisoner and Anna answered all fan questions. Please like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
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Welcome to EP 41 of Talking Prisoner. Hosts Ken Mulholland and Matt Batten sat down with Glenda Linscott who played inmate Rita Connors. Glenda graduated from NIDA and has worked in all aspects of the performing arts industry. Alongside her considerable acting credits, she has not only been in theatre shows, but also directed them as well. Glenda is also a performance coach, actor trainer and voice-over artist. Her TV credits include: Mennotti, The Sullivans, Patrol Boat, The Cowra Breakout, A Country Practice, The Miraculous Mellops, Big Ideas, Janus, Soldier, Soldier, Murder Call, All Saints, Back Berner, Fergus McPhail, MDA, McLeod's Daughters, Underbelly: Infiltration, Winners and Losers, Neighbours, and the Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries. We spoke to Glenda about her life growing up and what lead her into acting and her time and NIDA and what it was like to study at NIDA. Glenda currently teaches at the Western Australian Academy of Performing arts (WAAPA) and spoke to us what it is like to teach. We spoke to Glenda about her time on the various TV shows that she has appeared on and how she got the part on Prisoner and what the audition was like for her. Glenda was able to share her memories of playing Dr Imogen “Tootsie” Soames in Murder Call and what it was like preparing for that role. We spoke in length about Glenda’s time on Prisoner and how she got the role of Top Dog Rita Conners and what the audition was like. Rita wore many tattoos on the show and she told us why they ended up showing less of her tattoos later in the show. Glenda shared with us about her heavy workload on the show and fainting on set one day from exhaustion and how tiring it could be playing Rita. Glenda shared some stories and memories of working with Ian Doig who played slasher and filming those scenes with the CB radios. We broke down some iconic scenes that Glenda appeared in including the fight against Joan Ferguson in the Lou Kelly Riot episodes and what it was like to film those episodes and we also discussed the Blackmoor period and working with Ray Meagher.
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Welcome to Episode 38 of Talking Prisoner. Hosts Ken Mulholland and Matt Batten sat down with Terrie Waddell who played inmate Lisa Mullins. Terri was in the final year of Prisoner and in the very last episode 692. Terrie has also appeared in Neighbours, A Country Practice, A Cry in the Dark, Golden Braid, Wedlocked, The Dame was loaded and Prisoner. We discussed Terries life growing up as a child and where her love for acting came from. Terrie told us about her time on Neighbours and her thoughts on the recent axing of the show. Terrie shared with us why she left acting and to become a Professor in the Department of Creative Arts and English, she shared with us her passion for writing and writing the book “The Lost Child Complex in Australian Film. We discussed Prisoner in great depth and what it was like for Terri to take over the character of Lisa Mullins from Nikki Paul and how she felt about getting the part and how quick it all happened. Terri had many scenes with Rosanne Hull-Brown who played Merle Jones and discussed with us what it was like working with Rosanne and working with Philip Hyde who played Officer Rodney Adams and gave us some behind the scenes on the attempted Rape scene with Peter Lindsay who played Spud. Terrie shared her memories of what it was like to work on Prisoner in its final year and how heavy the workload was with the long hours, We also asked Terrie if the show was to continue would she have like to have continued on longer as Lisa Mullins. Terrie had some scenes with the late Taya Stratton and shared her memories about Taya who played Spider Simpson. There has been lots of speculation and Rumours over the years that Terrie was pregnant when she was on Prisoner and Terri confirms with Ken and Matt the true story on Talking Prisoner. We also spoke about her memories on the last day of Prisoner working on Episode 692 and her scenes with Glenda Linscott, Terrie is a huge fan of Wentworth and shares her thoughts about the re-imagining of Prisoner, We spoke about so much more, Terrie was able to answer all fan questions. Please like and subscribe to our YouTube channel
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